And what two months next to two years and two months looks like.

Adam loved this and has helped with every bath since.

Malcolm loves the bath, just like his big brother.  It really seems like Adam was just in that little blue baths!

So we all go in and hang out with Adam while he takes a bath.  I can’t wait until they’re old enough to take a bath together.

 

But Malcolm got to sit on the chair with Adam! I’m lucky, Adam loves to take pictures with Malcolm.  When I’m done he says, more, more!

1. All a baby needs at birth is a dresser with his clothes. Especially if they’ll be in your room for the first couple of months.  While it was nice that Adam had his room all set up for him when he came home from the hospital, the first five months we only went in there to get stuff that we needed to bring into our room where he was sleeping.  This time around, with Malcolm so early we hadn’t set anything up so when we finally got home I set up a dresser for Malcolm and we’ll get everything else set up when we need to.  Malcolm’s not complaining, he’s pretty comfy in there with us.

The co-sleeper is usually attached to our bed, but here we moved it so Malcolm could get some sun (he’s still jaundice so we sunbathe every day).

 

Aunt Das and Uncle Mooj sent Adam the best present last week.  They sent Adam a lawnmower.  I wasn’t sure Adam would know what a lawnmower even is (living in an apartment certainly has its advantages)

However, coincidentally just a couple weeks ago Adam got a new Mickey Mouse book and on one of the pages Mickey Mouse has a lawnmower.  Adam, when reading books sees everything and immediately asked what Mickey was doing.  Every time we read the book he would talk about Mickey’s lawnmower.  

The stars must have been aligned for Adam, we never even mentioned this to Aunt Das and Uncle Nooj but they sent this lawnmower over.  This was apparently MJ’s favorite toy when he was a kid.  The minute Adam saw it the first thing he said was- Nanoos did that! (Nanoos = Mickey Mouse.)

Even without the bubble component this lawnmower was a huge hit.  The lawnmower had to be on the couch while we read our books before bed, the lawnmower had to be in the living room when we were in there.  There were moves made to get the lawnmower in his crib but we had to draw the line somewhere. 

Today, we gathered up Adam and Malcolm, the lawnmower and the bubbles and headed over to the High Street to try out the bubbles.  Needless to say, the bubbles caused quite a stir.  Thanks Daf and MJ!!  

Let us know if your grass needs a trim,  we’re happy to come cut your grass as long as you provide some bubbles!

It’s been different with a second baby. With Malcolm, I know just how fast time passes and am trying to soak in every little newborn second, every coo and even every midnight feeding, because I know all too soon they end and there is a little boy that is too busy running around experiencing a million things and too busy for cuddles.

Thank you Mosely four for the beautiful blanket! Its so nice for Malcolm to have something all his own!

I organized Malcolm’s stuff, he’s in our room for the next couple of months so here is his dresser. 

Manila in the dry season has the most amazing sunsets.  I can’t wait until we can take both of our boys out for long walks! 

All in all being the mother to two amazing boys for one wonderful month has been the best thing ever!

But our time in the hospital was also full of so many special moments. It’s easy to forget all the amazing things that happened in these four week.  Those four weeks were spent getting to know our new son and sharing with Adam the excitement of becoming a family of four.  It was time that Randy and I spent supporting each other. 

It was spent seeing Malcolm and getting to hold him and feed him.

It was spent with all my sweet, sweet friends who sent beautiful flowers, came to visit me and Malcolm and called and wrote.

It was time spent celebrating Malcolm’s arrival with Adam. I had promised Adam that Malcolm would bring us cookies and cake.  A treat for Adam and for me since I hadn’t had any sugar in seven months!  Since we were in the hospital for a while we spread out the sugar and presents and had a lot of both but hey, new brothers don’t come often.

And a cool Superman toy! That Malcolm, he has good taste. 

It was time spent celebrating when Malcolm could finally move into our room.  We were so happy to have him to ourselves and to get to hold him all the time.

It was time spent celebrating finally bringing our son home. Which also included getting to dress him in the cutest little outfit, thanks Aunt Daf!

And just like that we were all home.

All those treats and presents from Malcolm must have done the trick, because so far Adam has been really good with Malcolm.  He wants to hold him all the time and hasn’t had any epic fits over having to share his parents yet.  I know it’s early days but he really seems to love Malcolm.

Celebrating my 34th birthday 35 weeks pregnant with no wine.
Setting up the baby’s room and clothes and maybe ordering him some diapers.
Working more than two weeks at my new job.
Taking our car for registration.
Making it to at least 37 weeks and reaching the point in your pregnancy where you’re uncomfortable and ready for that baby to arrive.

What I ended up doing:

Welcoming the sweetest, loveliest little boy who we named Malcolm Noah 9 weeks early.  My water broke New Years Eve at 31 weeks.  While it was definitely scary to give birth at 31 weeks we were lucky that we were near a great hospital, with an amazing NICU.  Our second son was born on January 2 at 12:20 weighing 4 pounds 3 ounces at 16 and a half inches long.  If this boy had stayed in for another nine weeks he would have been nine pounds like his brother.  But we were lucky he was on the big end of 31 week old babies and only needed a little help with his breathing.  This helped us only spend three weeks in the NICU.  He has been so strong and I can already tell he’s going to fit right in around here. 

After nearly four weeks in the hospital we finally got home last Sunday. Its been amazing being close all three of my boys. 

Adam got a great blue car from Roman and Isla.

 

Next up a cookie jar from mommy and daddy.

Then it was time for the adults to open their gifts.  Randy got a Kindle fire (thank you Cyber Monday for a great deal 🙂 Can you tell he was surprised.

Adam helped me unwrap my big fun red box.

What was in there you ask? The softest sheets I have ever owned and a pretty blanket.  Can you tell I’m pregnant and craving sleep.  I was so happy with my present! I immediately washed them and put them on our bed.

And because it’s Christmas and Christmas magic was in the air Adam even helped me clean up all the paper.  We decided to not go crazy with presents this year and we were so happy with our decision.  We each got a couple special presents that we love and are still enjoying!  Thank you everyone for sending Adam suchwonderful gifts!  I’m always amazed at how generous and thoughtful all our family and friends are!